05th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130027316 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A USER INTERFACE STATE BETWEEN A LOCK STATE AND AN UNLOCK STATE - A user interface for an electronic device and method for managing a state of a user interface between a lock state and an unlock state are provided. The user interface has a touch sensitive display having a display surface, the touch sensitive display being adapted for presenting to a user at a respective position at least one display element along the display surface. The touch sensitive display is further adapted for receiving from the user, a user interaction with the touch sensitive display at a location along the display surface. The user interface further includes a controller, where the controller includes a user interface state module having an unlock state and a lock state adapted for selectively enabling and disabling at least a portion of the user interface. The controller further includes a state change module adapted for switching the state of the user interface state module between the lock state and the unlock state. The state change module switches the state of the user interface module from the lock state to the unlock state when the state change module detects each of the at least one display elements in respective unlock position for the corresponding one of the at least one display elements. The controller still further includes a lock state interface module, said lock state interface module being adapted to detect a received user interaction that is initiated with a selection of one of the at least one display element having a variable start zone. The lock state interface module includes a start zone movement module where prior to the selection of the display element by the user, the variable start zone of the display element moves along the display surface as a function of time, such that the variable start zone has a first location at a first point in time, and the variable start zone has a second location at a second point in time, which is different than the first location. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027317 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL SENSING DATA FOR TOUCH PANEL APPARATUS - A method for providing digital sensing data for a touch panel apparatus comprises the steps of: collecting a stream of digital sensing data from a plurality of operational amplifiers of a touch panel apparatus; generating a first revised digital datum to replace a first digital datum by summing the first digital datum and a digital datum following the first digital datum; generating a second revised digital datum to replace a second digital datum by summing the first revised digital datum and the second digital datum, wherein the second digital datum follows the first revised digital datum; and continuing to generate revised digital sensing data until a last revised digital datum is generated. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027318 | Moving object on rendered display using collar - In response to receiving a first user action in relation to an object displayed on the rendered display, a collar is displayed on the rendered display around the object. The collar and the object can be made translucent. The collar can have the same shape as the object, but can be larger in size than the object. In response to receiving a second user action in relation to the collar, the object and the collar are moved on the rendered display in correspondence with the second user action, without finalizing a current location of the object on the rendered display after the second user action has been completed. In response to receiving a third user action, the current location of the object is finalized on the rendered display and the collar is removed from around the object on the rendered display. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027319 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A USER INTERFACE STATE BETWEEN A LOCKED STATE AND AN UNLOCKED STATE - A user interface for an electronic device and method for managing a state of a user interface between a locked state and an unlocked state are provided. The user interface has a touch sensitive display having a display surface, the touch sensitive display being adapted for presenting to a user at a respective position at least one display element along the display surface. The touch sensitive display is further adapted for receiving from the user, a user interaction with the touch sensitive display at a location along the display surface including a display element selection and a defined path. The user interface further includes a controller, where the controller includes a user interface state module having an unlocked state and a locked state adapted for selectively enabling and disabling at least a portion of the user interface. The controller further includes a state change module adapted for switching the state of the user interface state module between the locked state and the unlocked state. The state change module switches the state of the user interface module from the locked state to the unlocked state when the state change module detects each of the at least one display elements in respective unlock position for the corresponding one of the at least one display elements. The controller still further includes a lock state interface module including a path analyzer having an avoid area comparator, which determines whether a gesture attempting to transition a display element from a lock position to its respective unlock position interacts with the one or more avoid areas, and if so returning the display element to its preselection position. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027320 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ACCESSIBLE USER INTERFACE FOR VISUALLY IMPARIED - An electronic device with a feedback work-mode includes a touch screen for displaying at least one user interface and each user interface includes at least one touch button. An audio message set for each user interface is for indicating the touch buttons comprised in the user interface. The electronic device further includes a vibration panel included a plurality of vibrating elements. The vibrating elements are set adjacent each touch button. The electronic device accesses the audio message associated with that particular user interface to output if the electronic device is operable to display one of the at least one user interface, determines the position of the touch buttons comprised in the user interface, determines the vibration elements located near the touch button according to the determined positions, and controls the vibration elements corresponding to the touch button to vibrate. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027321 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A display system is disclosed. The display system includes several electrical apparatuses and a display control unit. The display control unit builds connections with the electrical apparatuses. The display control unit includes an information generating module and a display driving module. When the display system is in a combination display mode, the information generating module detects and generates combination information about combination relations among the display units of the electrical apparatuses. The display driving module drives each of the display units to display a corresponding image block according to the combination information. Hence, the displayed corresponding image blocks can be combined to form an entire image. A display method is also disclosed. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027322 | DISPLAY SCREEN AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display screen including an optical element and a chromaticity improving layer is provided. A light transmittance of the optical element to visible light having short wavelengths is lower than a light transmittance to visible light having long wavelengths. A light transmittance of the chromaticity improving layer to visible light having short wavelengths is higher than a light transmittance to visible light having long wavelengths. A display device using the display screen is also provided. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027323 | Power Saving Method and Touch Display Apparatus - A power saving method is disclosed. The method is used for reducing the amount of power consumed by a touch display apparatus including a sensing area. The method includes: determining whether an instruction event happens in the sensing area by scanning the sensing area within a first processing period; in response to a negative determination, providing a specific sensing area within the sensing area; determining whether the instruction event happens in the specific sensing area by scanning the specific sensing area within a second processing period; and in response to a negative determination, ending the scanning of the sensing area. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027324 | Method And Apparatus For Providing Tactile Sensations - Systems and methods for providing tactile sensations are disclosed. For example, one disclosed method includes the steps of outputting a display signal configured to display a graphical object on a touch-sensitive input device; receiving a sensor signal from the touch-sensitive input device, the sensor signal indicating an object contacting the touch-sensitive input device; determining an interaction between the object contacting the touch-sensitive input device and the graphical object; and generating an actuator signal based at least in part on the interaction. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027325 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A touch sensitive display includes: an upper substrate, a lower substrate, an organic light-emitting component, and a touch sensing component. The lower substrate is disposed below the upper substrate and the organic light-emitting component is disposed above the lower substrate. The touch sensing component designed by a single layer structure is disposed under or above the upper substrate. Therefore, the present invention can achieve the purpose of lightening the touch sensitive display and simplifying manufacturing process of the touch sensitive display. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027326 | LIGHT-SENSING APPARATUSES, METHODS OF DRIVING THE LIGHT-SENSING APPARATUSES, AND OPTICAL TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUSES INCLUDING THE LIGHT-SENSING APPARATUSES - A light-sensing apparatus in which a light sensor transistor in a light-sensing pixel is formed of an oxide semiconductor transistor for sensing light, a method of driving the light-sensing apparatus, and an optical touch screen apparatus including the light-sensing apparatus. The light-sensing apparatus includes a light-sensing pixel array having a plurality of light-sensing pixels arranged in rows and columns, and a plurality of gate lines which are arranged in a row direction and respectively provide a gate voltage to the light-sensing pixel. Each of the light-sensing pixels includes a light sensor transistor for sensing light and a switch transistor for outputting a light-sensing signal from the light sensor transistor, and gates of the light sensor transistors of the light-sensing pixels arranged in an arbitrary row are connected to a gate line arranged in a row previous or next to the arbitrary row. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027327 | GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD AND TOUCH SYSTEM INCORPORATING THE SAME - Methods and systems for implementing gestures with touch sensing device are disclosed. A gesture recognition method includes: determining whether an input gesture matches a predefined universal gesture based on touch information on a touch panel; and generating a corresponding gesture command set according to an event signal when the input gesture matches the predefined universal gesture. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027328 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH ON-SCREEN DISPLAY MENU FUNCTION - A display device having an on-screen display (OSD) menu function is provided, which includes a touch display panel, a touch screen controller, a display circuit, and a multiplexer. The touch display panel includes a display layer and a touch layer. The touch screen controller detects the touch layer and outputs a first detection result. The display circuit displays a first image of a first image source on the display layer, and the display circuit has the OSD menu function. In a normal display mode, the multiplexer transmits the first detection result of the touch screen controller to the first image source. If the first detection result complies with a predetermined pattern, the OSD menu function of the display circuit is triggered, and the display circuit enters a screen adjustment mode, and the multiplexer transmits the first detection result of the touch screen controller to the display circuit. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027329 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM RECORDED - A mobile terminal apparatus according to this invention comprises an acceleration sensor | 2013-01-31 |
20130027330 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH A BUILT-IN TOUCH PANEL - Provided is a touch panel including: a plurality of scanning electrodes formed on a display panel; a plurality of detecting electrodes intersecting with the plurality of scanning electrodes, the plurality of detecting electrodes being formed on the display panel; a first unit for sequentially connecting a constant current source to each of the plurality of scanning electrodes for each one scanning period; and a second unit for detecting a touch position on the display panel based on a variation of a current detected at each of the plurality of detecting electrodes. One of the each of the plurality of scanning electrodes and the each of the plurality of detecting electrodes is formed on the display panel surface on a viewer side, and another of the each of the plurality of scanning electrodes and the each of the plurality of detecting electrodes is formed inside the display panel. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027331 | ZOOM GESTURE DETERMINATION METHOD AND TOUCH CONTROL CHIP - A zoom gesture determination method for a touch control device includes detecting a first touch point and a second touch point; determining a position difference between the first touch point and the second touch point; and deciding a zoom gesture represented by the first touch point and the second touch point according to variations in the position difference. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027332 | PROJECTION SYSTEM WITH TOUCH CONTROL - A projection system with touch control includes a touch device, a projection device and a control module. The touch device has plural touch plates which can be combined to form a plane. The projection device has plural projection units which can project on the plane respectively so as to form a projection image on the plane. The control module is electrically connected with the touch plates and the projection units for controlling the projection device to change the projection image corresponsively as a user touches the projection image projected on the plane. Herein, the touch plates can be combined to form a plane, and the user can interact with the projection image projected on the plane. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027333 | TOUCH PANEL - Provided is a touch panel with improved anti-noise performance. A continuous drive pulse train is input to a plurality of scanning electrodes for each one scanning period in turns, and a detection pulse train generated at detection electrodes which intersects the scanning electrodes is detected. The detection pulse train is sampled at different intervals to generate a plurality of data sequences. The plurality of data sequences may be generated from the detection pulse train over a plurality of frame periods. A signal strength of each frequency component is compared between the frequency spectra of the plurality of data sequences, and a frequency spectrum in which frequency components having different strengths have been corrected is generated. A detection signal is generated from the corrected frequency spectrum. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027334 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In one embodiment, there is provided an input device. The input device includes: a first sensor disposed in or near a first touch area of the input device and configured to detect an object when the object comes close to the first touch area; a second sensor disposed in or near a second touch area of the input device and configured to detect the object when the object comes close to the second touch area; and a controller configured to enable the second touch area to serve as a user operation area, when the first sensor detects the object. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027335 | METHOD AND TERMINAL OF DISPLAYING CONTACT LIST - The present disclosure relates to communication technologies and discloses a method and terminal of displaying a contact list. The method of displaying a contact list is applied on an apparatus with a touch sensitive display, comprising: detecting a touch on the touch sensitive display, after receiving an instruction for opening a contact list; determining a touch position, when detecting the touch on the touch sensitive display; and determining a large contact group corresponding to the touch position, and displaying contacts in the large contact group by the touch sensitive display. With the present disclosure, a user can find out a contact quickly, and the user's experience can be improved. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027336 | Method And Device For Key-Press Judgment Based On Touch Screen - A method and device for key-press judgment based on a touch screen are disclosed. The method involves: detecting a press operation; when the press operation is detected, acquiring position information of current pressed point and extended information corresponding to the position information, until the end of this press operation is detected; judging a pressed key corresponding to this press operation according to the position information and the extended information of pressed points in this operation. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027337 | METHOD FOR SWITCHING TOUCH SCREEN OF MOBILE TERMINAL BETWEEN HORIZONTAL SCREEN AND VERTICAL SCREEN AND MOBILE TERMINAL - The present invention relates to a method for switching the touch screen of a mobile terminal between a horizontal screen and a vertical screen and a mobile terminal. The method includes: according to the value of acceleration of gravity in a direction vertical to the screen of the mobile terminal, determining whether the operation mode of the mobile terminal is a normal operation mode or a recumbent operation mode; determining, according to a determined operation mode, a criterion for switching between a horizontal screen and a vertical screen; and performing switching between a horizontal screen and a vertical screen according to the criterion. The present invention solves the problem that the user's requirement for switching between a horizontal screen and a vertical screen cannot be met when the user lies on one side, thus increasing the applicability and flexibility of the switching between a horizontal screen and a vertical screen. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027338 | TOUCH SENSOR-EQUIPPED DISPLAY DEVICE - In order to provide a touch sensor-equipped display device that is not susceptible to the effect of noise caused by a polarity reversal in a common voltage of a display device without using special circuitry, the disclosed touch sensor-equipped display device is provided with: a sensor output read circuit | 2013-01-31 |
20130027339 | TRANSPARENT PIEZOELECTRIC SHEET-WITH-A-FRAME, TOUCH PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EACH HAVING THE TRANSPARENT PIEZOELECTRIC SHEET - A transparent piezoelectric sheet-with-a-frame includes a transparent piezoelectric sheet and a frame covering a peripheral edge portion of the transparent piezoelectric sheet. The transparent piezoelectric sheet includes one transparent piezoelectric film including an organic polymer, one first transparent plate electrode placed on a first main surface of the transparent piezoelectric film and having a first transparent plate electrode portion, and one second transparent plate electrode placed on a second main surface of the transparent piezoelectric film and having a second transparent plate electrode portion. An outline of the second transparent plate electrode portion is positioned inside an outline of the first transparent plate electrode portion as seen in a plan view. The outline of the first transparent plate electrode portion completely coincides with the frame, and the outline of the second transparent plate electrode portion does not at all coincide with the frame as seen in the plan view. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027340 | TRANSPARENT PIEZOELECTRIC SHEET, AND TRANSPARENT PIEZOELECTRIC SHEET-WITH-A-FRAME, TOUCH PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EACH HAVING THE TRANSPARENT PIEZOELECTRIC SHEET - A transparent piezoelectric sheet includes a quadrilateral-shaped transparent piezoelectric film and a first transparent plate electrode. The quadrilateral-shaped transparent piezoelectric film includes an organic polymer. The quadrilateral-shaped transparent piezoelectric film has entire main surfaces that are piezoelectric. The first transparent plate electrode is layered on part of a first main surface of the main surfaces of the transparent piezoelectric film. One to three sides of the four sides of the quadrilateral shape of the transparent piezoelectric film and area(s) of the first main surface adjacent thereto are not covered by the first transparent plate electrode. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027341 | WEARABLE MOTION SENSING COMPUTING INTERFACE - An apparatus comprises a sensor configured to detect movement and generate movement data related to at least part of a detected movement; a messaging unit configured to create a message that is configured to include movement information based at least in part upon the movement data; a transmitter in data communication with the messaging unit and configured to transmit the message; and a housing configured to at least partially enclose at least one of the sensor, the messaging unit, and the transmitter, and including a finger grip configured to secure the housing to a human finger. Methods of using the apparatus are also provided. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027342 | POINTED POSITION DETERMINATION APPARATUS OF TOUCH PANEL, TOUCH PANEL APPARATUS, ELECTRONICS APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, METHOD OF DETERMINING POINTED POSITION ON TOUCH PANEL, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is to prevent problems from occurring due to statistical processing for calculating a pointed position being pointed (touched) on a touch panel by a pointer. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027343 | POSITION DETERMINATION TECHNIQUES IN RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREEN APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods to determine locations for dual touch operations performed on a four-wire resistive touch screen. The systems and methods may include measuring signals from pairs of electrodes on each of a first and second resistive sheet of the resistive touch screen in two phases of operation. The systems and methods may further include determining touch screen segment resistances from the signal measurements. The systems and methods may determine locations corresponding to the dual touch operations from the resistances. The systems and methods may also determine locations from the signal measurements. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027344 | Apparatus Including a Touch-Sensitive Interface Including a Serpentine Electrode Pattern - An apparatus includes a capacitive array formed from a plurality of electrodes including a first plurality of electrodes and a second plurality of electrodes. At least some of the first plurality of electrodes has a serpentine shape and extends in a first direction. The second plurality of electrodes extends in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The apparatus further includes a capacitive sensor circuit coupled to the capacitive array and configured to detect an object relative to the capacitive array based on a change in a capacitance determined from at least one of the first plurality of electrodes. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027345 | USER COMPUTER DEVICE WITH A THERMAL ENERGY GENERATING USER INTERFACE AND METHOD OF OPERATING USER INTERFACE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A user computer device is provided that comprises a touchscreen having a capacitive user interface and a thermal energy generating user interface. The user computer device activates the thermal energy generating user interface based on input received via the capacitive user interface. That is, the user computer receives input from a user via the capacitive user interface, determines a position of the user input based on the input received via the capacitive user interface, and activates an area of the thermal energy generating user interface that based on the determined position of the user input. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027346 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARALLEL SCANNING AND DATA PROCESSING FOR TOUCH SENSE ARRAYS - A parallel pipelining method of operation of a touch sense controller for processing data into a touch map is disclosed. A current full scan of response signals to at least one excitation of a touch sense array is received using a first thread of a processing device. The current full scan of response signals is processed using a second thread of the processing device to render a touch map corresponding to the touch sense array. A next full scan of response signals is received using the first thread. Receiving the next full scan and processing the current full scan are performed substantially simultaneously. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027347 | TOUCH PANEL - Provided is a touch panel which completes touch detection within a specified time even when the maximum number of touch points is set to be large. A control portion assigns priorities for being given a high coordinate precision to the respective touch points based on the state of the touch points. The control portion selects coordinate calculation algorithms having coordinate precisions corresponding to the priorities of the respective touch points from among a plurality of coordinate calculation algorithms, and calculates required calculation time for calculating coordinates of all the touch points. The control portion determines the priorities so that the calculated required calculation time is equal to or shorter than a specified time. The control portion selects coordinate calculation algorithms corresponding to the priorities and calculates the coordinates of the respective touch points. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027348 | TOUCH SENSING PANEL AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING MULTI-TOUCH SIGNAL - Provided are a touch sensing panel and a touch sensing apparatus for detecting an absolute location with respect to at least one touch, including a driving electrode forming a mutual capacitance between a sensing electrode and the driving electrode in response to a predetermined driving signal and including at least two electrode surfaces divided by a width size. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027349 | CAPACITIVE PROXIMITY SWITCH - A capacitive proximity switch having a display panel including a translucent region. A first circuit board is translucent to light at least in the region of the translucent region of the display panel and supports capacitance-forming sensor layers. Light wells enclose the sensor layers on the side facing away from the observer, and protrude from the first circuit board to a second circuit board parallel to the first circuit board. Light sources are disposed within the light wells A contact element leads from the first circuit board to the second circuit board. Optical fibers are applied on the first circuit board in the region of the translucent region. The first circuit board is encapsulated by an opaque plastic functional carrier. An opaque decorative layer covers the observer side of the optical fibers and the functional carrier, and includes characters and/or symbols in the region of the translucent region. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027350 | STYLUS AND TOUCH INPUT SYSTEM - A touch input system including a stylus and a display device is provided. The stylus includes a battery module, a touch portion, a transducer module and a RF transmitting module. When a contact pressure is acted on the touch portion, the touch portion is electrically connected to the battery module by the contact pressure and emits a light signal. The display region receives and reacts to the light signal, and the contact pressure is transformed into an electrical signal by the transducer module. The RF transmitting module is electrically connected to the transducer module and transmitting the electrical signal. The display device includes a display region and a RF receiving module. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027351 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION MODULES FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - The disclosure provides a navigation assembly having a compact design that reduces a depth dimension in a z-direction or along a z-axis that is substantially perpendicular to a front face of a mobile communication device. The navigation assembly includes an optical lens unitarily formed with a cover, the cover having an upper surface that receives user inputs thereon and a lower surface that receives the optical lens. A sensor array is provided in optical communication with the optical lens and a coupling structure is provided to mechanically couple the optical lens and the sensor array. The cover overlays a gap formed between the navigation assembly and adjacent keys to prevent contaminants such as liquids, dust, lint, or the like, from entering an interior of the mobile communication device. The cover also includes a decorative ring that defines a tracking window and outlines a perimeter of the underlying sensor arrays. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027352 | Projection Systems for Touch Input Devices - In infrared touch input devices that detect and locate a touch object from the blocking of light paths propagating along the X,Y axes, an ambiguity arises when two touch objects are present. This ambiguity can be resolved by the provision of additional light paths angled to the X,Y axes. The present invention provides projection systems that include a light splitting element for splitting collimated sheet of light into two or more sets of beam paths, thereby providing the additional light paths for resolving the double touch ambiguity. In preferred embodiments the light splitting element is in the form of a prism film. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027353 | TOUCH-TYPE PORTABLE TERMINAL - A touch type portable terminal is disclosed, whereby a user is prevented from viewing a wrong auto focusing area by indicating an indicator in response to changes in view angle of lenses during auto focusing operation. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027354 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130027355 | INPUT DISPLAY DEVICE, INPUT DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF INPUT DEVICE - The present invention provides an input display device including: a display device which recognizes an input position with a light sensor by blinking a backlight; and an input device of a light-emitting type (light pen), wherein a light emitting diode (LED) of the input device is adapted so that (i) its non-light-emitting period overlaps at least a part of a period (X) during which the backlight is OFF and (ii) its light-emitting period overlaps at least a part of a period (Y) during which the backlight is ON. According to this arrangement, it is possible to realize an input display device which can reduce the effect of ambient light and in which a light pen can be used (in addition to a finger and a reflective pen etc.) as inputting means. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027356 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DIRECTION SWITCHING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device that has a function of detecting the position where light emitted from an input pointer | 2013-01-31 |
20130027357 | TOUCH LOCATING METHOD AND SYSTEM, DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a touch positioning method and system as well as a display device. Said touch positioning method is applied to an optical touch screen comprising a touch detection area, two imaging devices, a light source and a reflector, the touch detection area and its mirror image touch detection area with regards to the reflector residing within field of view of each imaging device, the method comprising: obtaining location information of touch objects based on image data of an actual touch object and its mirror image touch object with regards to said reflector acquired by said two imaging devices, said touch objects comprise said actual touch object and virtual touch object; obtaining location information of said actual touch object from the location information of said touch objects based on the mirror image relation between said actual touch object and its mirror image touch object as well as the location information of said touch detection area. The present invention may avoid the presence of “ghost images” during the positioning of more than two touch objects and accurately locate where the touch objects reside. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027358 | STYLUS AND TOUCH INPUT SYSTEM - A touch input system including a stylus and a display device is provided. The stylus includes a battery module, a touch portion, a transducer module and a RF transmitting module. When a contact pressure is acted on the touch portion, the touch portion is electrically connected to the battery module by the contact pressure and emits a light signal. The display region receives and reacts to the light signal, and the contact pressure is transformed into an electrical signal by the transducer module. The RF transmitting module is electrically connected to the transducer module and transmitting the electrical signal. The display device includes a display region and a RF receiving module. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027359 | NOISE REDUCTION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SENSITIVE SURFACE - The invention relates to an electronic device with a touch sensitive surface comprising: a sensing means for capturing an acoustic signal, a touch location determining unit configured to determine the location of a touch event on the touch sensitive surface based on the acoustic signal. To improve the reliability of the touch localisation process, the device further comprises a filtering unit configured to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the acoustic signal based on one or more signals provided by one or more spurious acoustic signal generating devices of the electronic device and/or based on one or more parameters of the one or more spurious acoustic signal generating devices of the electronic device. The invention also relates to a corresponding method. The invention furthermore relates to a method for improving the confidentiality of a user input. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027360 | POSITIONING AND CALIBRATION METHOD - A positioning and calibration method is applied in the positioning and calibration of a projection system with touch control function. The projection system includes a touch device and a projection device. The touch device has touch plates, which can be combined and formed into a plane. The projection device has projection units, which project images onto projection areas of the plane, respectively, so as to form a projection image on the plane. The positioning and calibration method includes the steps of projecting positioning markers onto the plane by the projection device; disposing a calibration element at or around each of the positioning markers; and locating and calibrating the corresponding projection unit according to a positioning signal of the calibration element delivered by the touch device. The invention makes the projection system, having touch plates, projection units and the touch control function, have the good location function. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027361 | NOISE REDUCTION IN DIGITIZER SYSTEM - A method for noise reduction in a digitizer includes determining a location of a stylus with a known frequency of emission over a first sampling period, sampling output from a plurality of detecting elements over a second sampling period, identifying detecting elements with sampled output in the second sampling period above a defined threshold in a selected frequency, the selected frequency being close to but different than the known frequency of the stylus, selecting as a candidate carrier of mere noise a detecting element from the detecting elements identified that is spaced away from the determined location of the stylus, and reducing values of output sampled over the second sampling period from at least one other detecting element, in accordance with the output sampled over the second sampling period from the detecting element selected as the candidate carrier of mere noise. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027362 | FINGER COVER FOR OPERATING A CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND GLOVE COMPRISING THE SAME - A finger cover for operating a capacitive touch panel and a glove comprising the same are provided. The finger cover comprises a finger pulp portion and a finger back portion opposite the finger pulp portion. The finger cover is woven of a conductive yarn and is separably combined with a body to form the glove. A user who wears the glove is able to be coupled with the capacitive touch panel through the finger cover for control via touch. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027363 | LCD Drive Circuit and Driving Method Thereof - A liquid crystal display (LCD) drive circuit and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The driving method comprises: a. dividing scan lines into a plurality of groups each comprising a plurality of scan lines; b. during displaying of a current image frame, using a scan driver to scan each group of scan lines sequentially, c. during displaying of a next image frame, using the scan driver to scan each group of scan lines sequentially; and d. if each scan line in the group has been scanned once simultaneously with an adjacent scan line within a predetermined time interval, then the step b is executed; otherwise, the step c is executed. The LCD drive circuit and the driving method thereof according to the present disclosure can increase an average charging time of pixel units without compromising the accuracy of image frames. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027364 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a storage unit in which a first operating system (OS) and a second OS are loaded; a first display allocated to the loaded first OS and a second display allocated to the loaded second OS; and a controller configured to receive an indication signal indicating a second OS related event has occurred on the mobile terminal, and to selectively execute a second operation corresponding to the second OS related event using the first OS and allocate at least a portion of the first display to an output of the executing second operation. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027365 | Display Control Device, Operation Display Device, Image Processing Apparatus, Display Control Method and Tangible Computer-Readable Recording Medium - Disclosed is a display control device which is configured to instruct a predetermined display unit to display information of one or more files stored in a predetermined storing device, wherein the display control device is configured to instruct the predetermined display unit to display the information of the stored file which can be processed in a processing mode selected from a plurality of processing modes of a predetermined processing apparatus for processing the file, by using a first display form, and to instruct the predetermined display unit to display the information of the stored file which cannot be processed in the selected processing mode, by using a second display form which is different from the first display form. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027366 | NON-SPECTACLED STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DECREASING CROSSTALK - A non-spectacled stereoscopic display apparatus includes: a light guide plate having a light distributing face, a light emitting face, and first and second light incident faces; first and second light sources disposed on the first and second light incident faces, respectively; a single-face prism sheet disposed on the light emitting face of the light guide plate; a transmissive display panel disposed on a light emitting face of the single-face prism sheet with no air gap therebetween, the transmissive display panel having a polarizing plate opposing the light emitting face of the single-face prism sheet; and a synchronous drive circuit adapted to synchronize the first and second light sources to display parallax images on the transmissive display panel. A polarizing direction of polarization anisotropy of the light emitting face of the single-face prism sheet coincides with a polarizing direction of the polarizing plate. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027367 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a picture element ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130027368 | APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ACUPUNCTURE POINTS - An apparatus for displaying acupuncture points according to the present invention recognizes a curved surface of a human body via 3D scanning, and then sets acupuncture points corresponding to the body surface that has been recognized to project them onto the body. More specifically, the apparatus for displaying acupuncture points comprises: a 3D scanner for performing 3D scanning; a control unit for setting acupuncture points by using the data that has been scanned by the 3D scanner; and a projection unit for projecting the acupuncture points that have been set by the control unit onto the body. Accordingly, the present invention allows accurate selection of acupuncture points on a highly curved surface of a human body. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027369 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel circuit includes: a switching transistor whose conduction is controlled by a drive signal supplied to the control terminal; a drive wiring adapted to propagate the drive signal; and a data wiring adapted to propagate a data signal. The drive wiring is formed on a first wiring layer and connected to the control terminal of the switching transistor. The data wiring is formed on a second wiring layer and connected to a first terminal of the switching transistor. A multi-layered wiring structure is used so that the second wiring layer is formed on a layer different from that on which the first wiring layer is formed. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027370 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC LOAD SHARING BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS - A system and method for allocating power to a plurality of displays is disclosed. An exemplary system preferably includes an AC current sensor, a power load sharing controller, ambient light sensors for each display, and a brightness controller for each display. A maximum total current draw may be selected. The ambient light contacting each display may be measured and a corresponding desired brightness calculated. Depending on the present amount of current draw, the system determines if the displays can be driven at the desired brightness without exceeding the maximum total current draw. If yes, the displays are driven at their desired brightness. If no, the desired brightness for each display may be slightly reduced to prevent exceeding the maximum total current draw. Thus, as the ambient light varies between the displays, the available power may be shared. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027371 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR ADJUSTING COLOR SATURATION, PROGRAM THEREFOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic device ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130027372 | PROJECTION DEVICE - Various embodiments relate to a projection device for projecting useful data onto a projection surface. In this case, a first laser device generates radiation having a first wavelength and a second laser device generates radiation having a second wavelength. The spots of the respective beams are detected by a sensor device and fed to a drive device for the laser devices. Said drive device temporally shifts the drive signals relative to one another in such a way that a horizontal distance between the spots is minimized. Various embodiments furthermore relate to a corresponding method for projecting useful data. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027373 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, POWER SUPPLY METHOD FOR ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A pixel circuit | 2013-01-31 |
20130027374 | ELECTRIC CURRENT DRIVING TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE AND PIXEL CIRCUIT - In a pixel circuit | 2013-01-31 |
20130027375 | Portable Information Display Terminal - Disclosed is a portable information display terminal which inhibits from shifting to a standby mode in a state other than a prescribed state in a case of performing control of automatically shifting the portable information display terminal to the standby mode in response to a state of a housing. The portable information display terminal ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130027376 | 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided are a 3-dimensional image display apparatus and a control method thereof, the apparatus including: a video signal receiving unit which receives a video signal containing plane image data or stereoscopic image data from an external signal source; a liquid crystal module which includes a liquid crystal display panel to selectively display the plane image data and the stereoscopic image data, and a backlight unit provided in a rear portion of the liquid crystal display panel; a power supply which supplies power to the liquid crystal module; and a controller which determines whether the received video signal contains the plane image data or the stereoscopic image data, and if the video signal receiving unit contains the stereoscopic image data, the controller controls the power supply such that the backlight unit operates in a power saving mode while the stereoscopic image data is scanned to the liquid crystal display panel. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027377 | GATE DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A gate driver includes stages coupled to each other and outputting gate signals. Each stage includes a node driver, a pull-up unit, a node controller, a first node stabilizer, and a pull-down unit. The node driver outputs a first voltage or a second voltage to a first node in response to a first or a second input signal. The pull-up unit pulls an output terminal to high in response to a voltage of the first node. The node controller outputs an on-voltage to a second node in response to a first clock signal from a third node or a second clock signal from a fourth node. The first node stabilizer stabilizes the first node to an off-voltage in response to a voltage of the second node. The pull-down unit pulls the output terminal to low in response to the voltage of the second node or the second input signal. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027378 | DISPLAY PANEL AND INTEGRATED DRIVING APPARATUS THEREON - A display panel includes: gate and data lines; pixels connected to the gate and data lines; and a stage includes: a pull-up driver including an output terminal of the stage and which outputs a gate-on voltage, an output pull-down unit which pulls down an output terminal of the stage, a reset unit which changes a voltage of a second node into a low voltage based on a voltage of the output terminal of the stage, a first node pull-up unit which changes a first node into a high voltage based on a gate-on voltage from a previous stage, a first node pull-down unit which changes the first node into the low voltage based on the gate-on voltage from a subsequent stage, and a first node reset unit which changes the voltage of the first node into the low voltage based on the voltage of the second node. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027379 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND A DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device including a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver and a signal controller. The display panel includes gate lines and data lines, the gate driver is connected to the gate lines, the data driver is connected to the data lines and the signal controller controls the display panel, the gate driver, and the data driver. The signal controller includes a timing controller and a low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) receiving unit. The timing controller includes a frame memory. The display device further includes an analog-to-digital (AD) board including an LVDS transmission unit, wherein the LVDS transmission unit transmits a signal identifying a stopped image or a moving image to the LVDS receiving unit, and in response to the signal identifying the stopped image, the signal controller maintains the display of the same image on the display panel by using the frame memory. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027380 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system including at least one pixel is disclosed. The pixel includes a switching unit and a controlling unit. The switching unit controls a level of a first node. The controlling unit controls a level of a second node. During a first period, the level of the first node equals to a first reference level and the level of the second node equals to a second reference level. During a second period, the level of the first node equals to a third reference level and the voltage difference between the first and the second nodes equals to a threshold voltage of a driving unit. During a third period, the level of the first node equals to a data signal. During a fourth period, the driving unit lights a luminescence unit according to the voltage difference between the first and the second nodes. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027381 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMING, CALIBRATING AND DRIVING A LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE DISPLAY - A method and system for programming, calibrating and driving a light emitting device display is provided. The system may include extracting a time dependent parameter of a pixel for calibration. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027382 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a driver including: a scanning line driver; and a signal line driver, in the pixels, a quenched state sequentially starts, for each row, in the rows of the pixels, based on the first pulse of the scanning signal that is input through the scanning line, and light-emission data from the signal line is written on the row of the pixels, based on the second pulse of the scanning signal, the driver supplies the scanning signal and the image signal to the scanning line and the signal line, respectively, such that writing the light-emission data on a first row of the pixels starts before a start of the quenched state in a last row of the pixels, and such that writing the light-emission data on the last row of the pixels ends after a start of a light-emission state in the first row of the pixels starts. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027383 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING ORGANIC EL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method of fabricating an organic EL display apparatus includes: obtaining a representative current (I)-voltage (V) characteristic of a display panel including pixels each having an organic EL device and a driving transistor; dividing the display panel into a plurality of divided regions, and calculating a light-emitting efficiency and an offset luminance value for each of the divided regions calculated by an I-luminance (L) characteristic of the divided region; measuring luminance of light emitted from each of the pixels and calculating an L-V characteristic of each of the pixels; calculating an L-V characteristic of each divided region by dividing each current value of the representative I-V characteristic by light-emitting efficiency, and by adding an offset luminance value; and calculating a correction parameter for each pixel such that the L-V characteristic of each pixel is corrected to the L-V characteristic of the divided region including the pixel. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027384 | Method And Apparatus For Providing Vision Corrected Data At A Mobile Device - A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing vision corrected data at a mobile device is presented. The data on the mobile device is provided accounting for vision correction requirements of a viewer of the information, such that the viewer does not require the use of corrective lenses to view the information on the display of the mobile device or the removal of corrective lenses to view the information. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027385 | SEMANTIC-DRIVEN PROFILE CURVE INTERPOLATION FOR SWEPT-SURFACE EXTRUSION - A method, apparatus, system, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to transition between two different profile curves in a swept surface extrusion. Each curve has section sequences that include consecutive sections, which in turn include constant attributes, which in turn include graphic attributes and semantic attributes. The section sequences define a semantic pattern for each profile curve. A globally optimal match is computed between the sections of the different curves. Adapted curves are generated that are structurally identical but geometrically resemble their respective original curves. An actual profile curve is computed for a given position on an extrusion line using a one-to-one vertex position morphing based on the adapted curves. The swept surface extrusion is performed and the result is displayed. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027386 | RENDERING AND DISPLAYING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT REPRESENTATION - A touch screen controller is configured for use in an electronic system. The electronic system comprises: the touch screen controller, a host processing system physically distinct from the touch screen controller, a display screen, and a proximity sensor element. The touch screen controller comprises proximity sensor control circuitry, a rendering module, and display refresh circuitry. The proximity sensor control circuitry is configured to operate the proximity sensor element to sense input objects in a sensing region of the electronic system. The rendering module is configured to render three-dimensional object representations for display on the display screen. The display refresh circuitry is configured to update the display screen with an image received from and processed by the host processing system and with the three-dimensional object representation rendered by the rendering module. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027387 | Stereoscopic Display Device and Control Method Thereof - A stereoscopic display device and a control method thereof are disclosed. A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel of the stereoscopic display device is configured to display left-eye frames and right-eye frames alternately. Each of the left-eye frames includes a left-eye sub-frame and a black sub-frame that are displayed by a first display region and a second display region alternatively. Each of the right-eye frames includes a right-eye sub-frame and a black sub-frame that are displayed by the first display region and the second display region alternately. The backlight module includes a first backlight and a second backlight. The first backlight and the second backlight are turned on alternately in such a way that the first backlight illuminates the first display region when the first display region displays one of the left-eye sub-frames and the right-eye sub-frames and the second backlight illuminates the second display region when the second display region displays one of the left-eye sub-frames and the right-eye sub-frames. In this way, uniformity in brightness of the stereoscopic display device can be improved. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027388 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DOWNSIZING SURFACE ELEVATION DATA - Provided is an apparatus and method for downsizing surface elevation data. The method includes receiving surface elevation data consisting of a plurality of cells, sequentially searching all the cells in a predetermined direction, comparing data of a cell having a predetermined reference elevation value or more with data of nearby cells, setting the cell as a boundary region when there is a nearby cell having different elevation data than the cell, grouping cells having the same data centered on the cell set as the boundary region, and performing triangulation on the basis of the grouping results. Since pieces of the same elevation data among pieces of high-resolution surface elevation data used in an outdoor environment are grouped as one, it is possible to carry out efficient analysis and improve analysis speed. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027389 | MAKING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE INTO THREE DIMENSIONS - A 2D (two dimensional) image can be received that comprises at least one image layer. A depth value can be added to the image layer in the 2D image. The 2D image can be made into 3D (three dimensional) by using the added depth value. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027390 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A stereoscopic image display device and method for driving the same are disclosed. The stereoscopic image display device comprises: a display panel including data lines and gate lines; an image converter that calculates disparity values based on depth values of the depth map extracting from 2D image data, calculates gain disparities by multiplying each of the disparity values by a predetermined gain value, generates left-eye image data and right-eye image data by shifting the 2D image data according to each of the gain disparities, and converts the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data into the 3D image data according to a 3D format; a data driver that converts the 3D image data to data voltage and supplies data voltage to the data lines; and a gate driver that sequentially supplies gate pulses to the gate lines. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027391 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE SYSTEM - A stereoscopic image system is provided. The stereoscopic image system comprises: a depth detection unit, for receiving a two-dimensional image and a corresponding depth image, and generating a depth level map according to the two-dimensional image and the corresponding depth image; a stereoscopic image generator, for generating a stereoscopic image pair corresponding to the two-dimensional image according to the two-dimensional image and the depth level map; and a stereoscopic image adjusting apparatus, for generating a depth level range map according to the depth level map, and performing a pixel shifting process and an interpolation process to objects within a plurality of depth levels in the stereoscopic image pair to generate an output stereoscopic image pair according to the stereoscopic image pair and the depth level range map. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027392 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a technology that enables control selection as to which of a raster image for three-dimensional display, which is generated based on a raster image drawn in a memory, and the raster image drawn in the memory is to be displayed without forcing a user to do complicated work. A drawing unit draws a raster image generated based on data serving as a basis of the raster image into the memory. A pseudo-three-dimensional rendering control unit performs control as to which of the raster image drawn in the memory and a raster image for three-dimensional display based on the raster image drawn in the memory is to be displayed on a display device, in accordance with the drawing of the raster image based on the data serving as the basis of the raster image into the memory. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027393 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an image generation unit configured to generate a viewpoint image in a case where a watch point set in a three-dimensional virtual space is viewed from a predetermined virtual viewpoint, a detection unit configured to detect a movement of an operator, and a viewpoint displacement unit configured to displace the virtual viewpoint with the set watch point as a reference on the basis of the detected movement of the operator. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027394 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MULTI-VIEW RENDERING - Provided is an apparatus and method of multi-view rendering. A method of multi-view rendering includes rendering one or more 3D objects based on a first viewpoint, transforming pixel values of pixels of the first viewpoint, which are obtained by the rendering of the 3D objects, into pixel values of pixels based on a second viewpoint that is different from the first viewpoint, detecting an occlusion region that is a remaining region other than a region represented by the pixel values obtained by the transforming of the pixel values in an image based on the second viewpoint, and rendering the detected occlusion region based on the second viewpoint. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027395 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a display device includes a display unit, a detecting unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a publication. The detecting unit detects an object that performs an operation of turning a page of the publication. The control unit causes the display unit to display a display object associated with a page, of pages of the publication, to be displayed according to the operation detected by the detecting unit. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027396 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR 2D TO 3D CONVERSION - A device and method are provided for two dimension (2D) to three dimension (3D) conversion. A 2D to 3D conversion device receives a 2D image data. The 2D to 3D conversion device assigns position data of a predetermined window. The 2D to 3D conversion device generates a depth map including a depth data of the 2D image data according to the 2D image data and the position data of the predetermined window. The 2D to 3D conversion device converts the 2D image data into a 3D image data according to the depth data of the depth map and the position data of the predetermined window. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027397 | DRAWING DEVICE - A drawing device includes a coordinate transformation unit receiving vertex information of a graphic and generating graphic information including at least positional information indicative of coordinates on a two-dimensional display surface of the graphic based on the vertex information; a selection unit receiving the graphic information from the coordinate transformation unit, calculating a drawing range in a predetermined direction of the graphic based on the graphic information, and outputting the graphic information of the graphic to be drawn in divided areas for each of the divided areas obtained by dividing the two-dimensional display surface; an image generating unit generating image data of the divided areas based on the graphic information output from the selection unit; and a line buffer storing the image data generated by the image generating unit. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027398 | Systems and Methods for Modeling 3D Geological Structures - Systems and methods for modeling a three-dimensional (3D) geological structure to improve maximum continuity interpolation. An integration method describes local anisotropic effects and introduces interpolation techniques to perform the interpolation between two points of interest along a direction of maximum continuity and across fault surfaces. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027399 | ANATOMICAL RECOGNITION, ORIENTATION AND DISPLAY OF AN UPPER TORSO TO ASSIST BREAST SURGERY - Various methods, techniques or modules are provided to allow for the automated analysis of the 3-D representation of the upper front torso (i) to recognize 3-D anatomical features, (ii) to orient the subject with reference to their anatomy or a display, (iii) to determine dimensional analysis including direct point-to-point lines, 3-D surface lines, and volume values, (iv) to simulate the outcome with the addition of breast implants including breast and nipple positioning, (v) to assist in the selection of the breast implants, and/or (vi) to assist in the planning of breast surgery. The automated analysis is based on the analysis of changes in a 3-D contour map of the upper torso, orientation analysis of 3-D features and planes, color analysis of 3-D features, and/or dimensional analysis of 3-D features and positions of the upper torso. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027400 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device including a display panel displaying an original image at a first time and a converted image based on the original image at a second time. The average value of the luminance of a first pixel (of the original image) first time and the luminance of the first pixel (of the converted image) at the second time is substantially the same as the average value of luminance of a second pixel (of the original image) at the first time and the luminance of the second pixel (of the converted image) at the second time. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027401 | AUGMENTED REPORT VIEWING - Various embodiments of systems and methods for augmented report viewing are described herein. An image of a report tag of a printed report is captured using a mobile device. The report tag is decoded. The printed report includes one or more report parts and corresponding report part tags. After a successful match based on the decoded tag, a report part tag that corresponds to a report part of the printed report is captured. The report part tag is then decoded. Based on the decoded report part tag, a rendered report part is presented on a screen of the mobile device. In response to a user operation on the mobile device after the rendered report part is presented on the screen, an updated report part is received at the mobile device. The updated report part is then presented on the screen of the mobile device. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027402 | 2D REGION RENDERING - Disclosed is a method of rendering a plurality of graphical objects. The method generates a region graph using at least a plurality of intersection points of the graphical objects. The intersection points identify disjoint regions each representing a particular combination of the graphical objects, in which the region graph has at least one region graph link, and defines a relationship between the regions. A contributing level and an activating direction are assigned to at least one of the region graph links, the level and the activation direction defining an appearance of the region associated with said region graph link. The method then renders the plurality of graphical objects using the assigned contributing level and activating direction of the region graph links by traversing the region graph to determine at least one contributing level for each region in the region graph using the assigned contributing level and the activating direction. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027403 | CONTENT INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are a content information display method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving a content file list; receiving additional information having a same property from among additional information on each of content files included in the content file list; generating a graph representing a degree of the property by comparing the received additional information on each content file with additional information on another content file; and displaying the graph and the content file list. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027404 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR MANAGING COLLABORATION ON A VIRTUAL WORK OF ART - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing collaboration on a virtual work of art between multiple electronic devices are provided. A first graphical display system of a first device may generate an input command in response to receiving user information through a user interface of the first device, and may then share this input command with a second graphical display system of a second device. The first graphical display system may process the shared input command to generate pixel array data in a canvas of the first device while the second graphical display system may process the shared input command to generate pixel array data in a canvas of the second device. By sharing input commands rather than pixel array data, system latency may be reduced. Despite operating on the same artwork, the user interfaces and graphical processing capabilities of each device may vary, thereby providing the user greater expressiveness. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027405 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A mask information generator carries out the following processing: (1) defining lines which become respective sides of a polygon of which three or more points on a display screen designated by user's operation become vertices; (2) calculating a value of a coordinate in a vertical direction on each of the lines which has a value of a coordinate in a horizontal direction of each pixel designated by a counter which designates a coordinate of each pixel in an image signal based on a synchronization signal thereof; and (3) comparing a value of the coordinate designated by the counter in the vertical direction of each pixel with the calculated value of the coordinate on each of the lines, to determine whether or not each pixel in the image signal is included in a mask region which is a region within the polygon surrounded by the lines. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027406 | System And Method For Improved Font Substitution With Character Variant Replacement - Text is presented at a computer system in a font that lacks a visual representation for a character by substituting the visual representation of a variant of the character in the text. For example, a character having a Unicode code point is associated with variants in a character variant table, each variant having a code point different from the character. In one embodiment, if text calls for presentation of the character in a font not supported by a computer system, a variant is selected that supports the font and a graphical representation of the variant is substituted for the character. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027407 | FLUID DYNAMICS FRAMEWORK FOR ANIMATED SPECIAL EFFECTS - An animated special effect is modeled using a fluid dynamics framework system. The fluid dynamics framework for animated special effects system accepts volumetric data as input. Input volumetric data may represent the initial state of an animated special effect. Input volumetric data may also represent sources, sinks, external forces, and/or other influences on the animated special effect. In addition, the system accepts input parameters related to fluid dynamics modeling. The input volumes and parameters are applied to the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations as modifications to the initial state of the animated special effect, as modifications to the forcing term of a pressure equation, or in the computations of other types of forces that influence the solution. The input volumetric data may be composited with other volumetric data using a scalar blending field. The solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations models the motion of the animated special effect. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027408 | Systems and Methods for Webpage Adaptive Rendering - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for rendering animated images on a webpage. In particular, animated images that are visible are rendered as animations, whereas animated images that are not visible, those that can only be seen by scrolling the webpage, are rendered as a single static image until the webpage is scrolled such that these animated images are visible. At such point they can be rendered as animations. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027409 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESOURCE PLANNING USING ANIMATION - A system and method of presenting resource information for an entity includes receiving input data associated with the resource information of the entity, generating, by a computer, an animated representation of the resource information along one or more determined timelines employing a plurality of graphical characters based on the input data and displaying the animated representation. The creation of one simple animated visual language may reduce the mass confusion typically associated with the relation of resources including financial and other concepts, saving time and money and better educating those seeking recommendations and advice regarding resource planning, including financial planning. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027410 | CPU/GPU Synchronization Mechanism - A thread on one processor may be used to enable another processor to lock or release a mutex. For example, a central processing unit thread may be used by a graphics processing unit to secure a mutex for a shared memory. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027411 | GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION OF EWS/PATIENT STATE - A patient monitoring system includes a display that displays a plurality of sectors including one or more icons. A controller is configured to display patient data received from a patient monitoring system in a corresponding sector of the display. The controller programmed to determine patient status from the patient data and display the patient status as an icon on the display. The icon is color-coded with the severity or deviation from normal of the patient status. The icon can also include an arrow that indicates if the patient status is improving or deteriorating. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027412 | PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLERS AND SCHEDULE TIMERS - The present invention relates to a user interface system and method for programming a schedule of a programmable device. The system comprises processor means and a display unit coupled to the processor means, whereby the processor means is configured to provide a graphical display on the display unit for displaying a time select region for programming at least one time period for the schedule. The time select region is displayed on the display unit as a dial ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130027413 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENTERING AND EXITING SLEEP MODE IN A GRAPHICS SUBSYSTEM - A technique is disclosed for a graphics processing unit (GPU) to enter and exit a power saving deep sleep mode. The technique involves preserving processing state within local memory by configuring the local memory to operate in a self-refresh mode while the GPU is powered off for deep sleep. An interface circuit coupled to the local memory is configured to prevent spurious GPU signals from disrupting proper self-refresh of the local memory. Spurious GPU signals may result from GPU power down and GPU power up events associated with the GPU entering and exiting the deep sleep mode. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027414 | IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE, IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An image generating device includes: a gravity parameter changing section for changing a parameter relating to gravity of each of a plurality of rigid bodies which are constrained to one another and included in a first object based on a positional relationship between each of the plurality of rigid bodies and a second object; a physical calculation section for physically calculating a motion of each of the plurality of rigid bodies included in the first object based on the changed parameter; and an image rendering section for rendering an image representing a surface of the first object based on the motions of the plurality of rigid bodies included in the first object. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027415 | DEFERRED DELETION AND CLEANUP FOR GRAPHICS RESOURCES - A method and an apparatus for maintaining separate information for graphics commands that have been sent to a graphics processing unit (GPU) and for graphics commands that have been processed by the GPU are described. The graphics commands may be associated with graphics resources. A manner to respond to a request for updating the graphics resources may be determined based on examining the separate information maintained for the graphics commands. The request may be received from a graphics API (application programming interface). Responding to the request may include at least one of notifying the graphics API regarding a status of the graphics resources and updating the graphics resources identified by the request. | 2013-01-31 |